The VHS Archives: Brad Grinter's BLOOD FREAK (1972)

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BLOOD FREAK

Brad F. Grinter's Blood Freak (1972)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: Regal Video Inc.

Catalog: R1025

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: 1985

Runtime: 75:06

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Brad Grinter

Year of Release: 1972

Country of Origin: U.S.A.

Stars: Steve Hawkes, Dana Cullivan, Heather Hughes, Brad Grinter

AKAs: Blood Freaks, A Bloody Phenomena, Drug Story

Verbatim Box Synopsis

Lock your doors... check your windows... turn on all your lights... look under your bed... because the Blood Freak is on the loose. This horrifying, addicted monster is on the loose and has an insatiable thirst for addict's blood. To survive others must die a horrifying and slow death at the hands of the half-monster half-man mutant who stalks the night.

U.S. Regal Video sleeve! Apparently the company didn't feel promoting the film's turkey-headed monster was their best marketing choice...

U.S. Something Weird Video sleeve!

U.K. Midnite Movies sleeve!

Spanish Video Dimas sleeve!

French A.V.L. Production sleeve, courtesy of Nanarland!

Its key art is actually taken from Jess Franco's Manhunter (1980)!

French Colombus sleeve, also from Nanarland! This time, 

the key art is stolen from Lech Kowalski's Story of a Junkie (1987)!

Awesomely gory theatrical trailer, uploaded by Dead End Drive-In!

Looking for Blood Freak on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. An even better choice is the excellent DVD from Something Weird Video, featuring a nice transfer supplemented with a ton of related drugsploitation and turkey shorts!

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© 2013 -- Bruce Holecheck.  All Rights Reserved.

The VHS Archives: Brad Grinter's FLESH FEAST (1970)

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FLESH FEAST

Brad Grinter's Flesh Feast (1970)

The VHS Archives Factsheet

Label: World Video Pictures, Inc.

Catalog: WV1028

Box Type: Clamshell

Year of Release: ?

Runtime: 70:33

Print: 1.33:1 / English / No subs

Extras: None

About the Film

Director: Brad Grinter

Year of Release: 1970

Country of Origin: USA

Stars: Veronica Lake, Phil Philbin, Doug Foster, Harry Kerwin

AKAs: Time for Terror, Flesh Hunger

Verbatim Box Synopsis

A secret laboratory, located in the basement of a Miami Beach mansion, is the centerpiece of this grisly shocker. Ghastly, youth restoration experiments, using flesh-eating maggots, are being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Elaine Frederick. 

Horror and hysteria mount, and a surprise ending finally reveals the real motives of the attractive lady doctor!

Terror and Vengeance at its ultimate!

 U.S. World Video Pictures, Inc. sleeve!

U.S. GWN Video sleeve, courtesy of Earl Summerfield! Like most of the company's releases, their art is stolen from unrelated sources -- this time combining an H.R. Giger Alien design with the unidentified inner face. (I feel as though I recognize the image, but can't quite place it. Anyone know where it originates?)

U.K. Intercity Video Distributors Limited sleeve, courtesy of It's Only a Movie!

Original theatrical trailer, uploaded by "brujaria"!

Looking for Flesh Feast on VHS? It's available on Amazon here. If you just want to see it, you can also get a VHS-quality cheapo DVD, paired with William Girdler's Three on a Meathook. The last I heard, Something Weird Video have the negative to Flesh Feast, but don't have the rights to release it. Let's hope they get it sorted out eventually!

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© 2012 -- Bruce Holecheck. All Rights Reserved.